TOPIC: REFUGEES IN B.C.
Richmond shelters struggling to accommodate newcomers
The City of Richmond is calling on the federal government to provide housing for refugees and asylum seekersas Metro Vancouver shelters fill up with newcomers.
Salmon Arm's lone Syrian not so alone anymore
Salmon Arm's lone Syrian is no longer the only Syrian refugee in town.
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Salmon Arm's lone Syrian looking forward to new life in Canada
Mustafa Zakreet is Salmon Arm's first and currently only Syrian refugee.
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Kurdi Hair Design
Tima Kurdi and refugee brother Mohammad open hair salon.
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RAW | Vancouver Police Chief Adam Palmer
Vancouver police chief calls refugee pepper spray incident 'troubling'
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Pepper spray attack
Police, politicians, refugees and public troubled by incident
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Syrian refugee target met
Liberal government to announce 25,000 Syrian refugees have arrived
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B.C. volunteers assemble refugee basic necessity kits
GlobalMedic's Brett Simms speaks about why soap, diapers and razor blades are needed
Vancouver teen who fled Iraq and then Trump heads to UBC with full-ride scholarship
Ashki Shkur's first glimpses of the Vancouver area came from the back of an RCMP cruiser, after she and her family were arrested for walking across the U.S. border in search of asylum in 2017.
COVID-19 halts Canadian arrivals for refugees detained for years near Australia
A Vancouver organization is ready to welcome 97 refugees who've been detained on islands north of Australia, but COVID-19 has put a wrench in the plan.
Surviving the terminal: one former airport dweller's advice to a fellow Syrian stuck in transit
Hassan Al Kontar is trapped in an airport but he's not the first refugee to become stranded.
Transit tops report's list of needs for immigrant youth to better settle in Metro Vancouver
The report by the Vancouver Foundation and Fresh Voices suggested TransLink or the government provide a subsidized bus pass for recent immigrants or young refugees.
'Trauma-informed' daycare for refugee children among new child-care projects
Qualicum First Nation and Victoria's Immigrant and Refugee Centre are among 52 groups sharing $33 million announced for new daycare spaces in B.C. this week
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New Canadian speaks out against atrocities at refugee camp he used to call home
Iranian refugee Amir Taghinia escaped a desperate situation in an Australian refugee camp and now is speaking out on behalf of those left behind.
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Grand Forks, B.C., mayor apologizes for calling Syrian refugees potential 'terrorists'
The mayor of Grand Forks, B.C., is apologizing after calling Syrian refugees potential "terrorists" and "pedophiles," comments that the National Council of Canadian Muslims calls discriminatory and racist.
Financially strapped legal service for B.C. immigrants gets temporary federal help
Additional short-term funding from the federal government will ensure refugees in B.C. can continue to access legal aid.
After fleeing Egypt, Vancouver migrant aims to give back to refugees with coding
Omar Sabry fled his native Egypt in 2013 and made his way to Vancouver with almost nothing.
Volunteers find creative solution to house refugees in Coquitlam, B.C.
Volunteers in Coquitlam, B.C., are repairing derelict rental units to help house large refugee families.
Syrian pop-up dinners help refugee women and share delicious food
A group of women in Vancouver who fled the civil war in Syria has found meaningful work in Canada thanks to their countrys cuisine.
In Depth
Vancouver couple caught in 'absurd' immigration law limbo launches Supreme Court appeal
Vancouver taxi driver Nisreen Ahamed Mohamed Nilam fled Sri Lanka as a refugee and passed his Canadian citizenship tests in 2015, but he's still waiting to be sworn in, after learning his case is snarled in a secret legal limbo.
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Immigration minister meets with youth group, plays soccer
Canada's immigration, refugees and citizenship minister, Ahmed Hussen met with a group of refugee and immigrant teens in Vancouver on Friday to hear some of their recommendations, and then proceeded to play some indoor soccer with the group.
'The Boy on the Beach': Aunt of drowned Syrian child Alan Kurdi to release memoir
Tima Kurdi of Coquitlam, B.C. became a haunting symbol of the Syrian refugee crisis after the heartbreaking photo of her nephew Alan Kurdi's lifeless body lying face down on a Turkish beach received worldwide attention in September 2015
B.C. kindergarten student maimed in Syrian rocket attack gets new leg
A 5-year-old B.C. girl maimed in a rocket attack has a new limb to replace the leg she lost in the Syrian war.
B.C. Armenian church celebrates Orthodox Christmas with sponsored refugees
Syrians who came to Canada say their prayers are simple: thanks for safety in Canada and a chance for a new life.
One year on, Syrian refugees in Prince George, B.C., still between worlds
The first Syrian refugees to resettle in Northern B.C. love their new community, but challenges remain.
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